Find someone to sling on your arm, bust out the satin, sequins, and sparkles, shine your shoes, round up some noisemakers - another year's gone, and it's time to ring in a new one. Forget about making resolutions you won't keep, and just enjoy...
BAR SHOTS: Trivia nights, Mistletoe Mingle
Trivia games give everybody the chance to clean out the dusty corners of their brains. They also put a spotlight on the Mr. Smarty-Pants among us. It's especially fun to head to the bar for some trivia, if only to see just how many questions you...
MEET THE BARTENDER: Herman at the Bug Jar
He goes by Herman, but the man's real name is Angelo Paul Gatto, and when he talked to us about his main gig - bartending at the Bug Jar - he hemmed and hawed a bit over how long he's actually been at it. Twelve years is the answer, all of it at...
What to do in...Rush/Honeoye Falls
If your family (like my Irish/Sicilian/German/Native American/god knows what else clan) lets the booze flow on Thanksgiving, then you can go headfirst into the holidays with more joy and less dread. A few sips of Gram and Grandpa's raspberry...
BAR SHOTS: Georgia's open, Black Pearl closed
Georgia's is a bar beneath a bridge (kind of). It's tucked next to and under the 490 ramps, between Geva Theatre (on Woodbury) and the Central Library (on South Ave). You might pass over it all the time, never noticing the neon "Open" sign in...
BAR SHOTS: Mex closes kitchen; East/Alexander hayrides
As a kid, you might've taken tot-sized, tractor-drawn wagon rides around the backyard (or, if you were lucky like me, through the forest on your parent's land). In your teen years, fall evenings were sometimes spent at haunted hayrides, where,...
Multi-reed master Ken Peplowski left college early to join The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on...
There are many reasons why people meet annually - family and class reunions, conventions,...
Contrasting with a number of recent pictures dealing with Germany during World War II,...
As a kid, if given the choice between a history lesson and eating 10 plates of Brussels sprouts,...
OUR MONSTER ISSUE! The results are in! This year THOUSANDS of Rochesterians voted in our annual...
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kat said:
are there any singles scenes?
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Nick Adams said:
Public transportation in Rochester? Chyeah. Apparently RTS is offering free rides tonight on all routes from 6:30pm to 2am....
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Theresa Dyer said:
Look ah Hookah will have noisemakers and all the fun stuff for the evening and plenty of free food... also we will stay open past 2am as long as...
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Eve said:
Don't forget about the rocking NEW YEAR'S EVEolution shows going on at 6, 8, and 10pm at the VIP Studio in the Village Gate. We are PG-13, so...
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Jim said:
Giant Panda Dub at Water Street is going to be epic! Such a sweet band
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